Places chappsnet Wants to Go

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.